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February 2018 Interviews with Winter Issue contributors Morgan Charles (pictured) and Andy Patton. New Publishing Tip from Roy Miller on six essential elements for a successful proposal. If you identify as an LGBTQ2S? writer, submit your work by July 15, 2018 for consideration in our Queer Perspectives Issue, to be guest edited by Ali Blythe, Trevor Corkum, and Betsy Warland.

May 2017 Interviews with Long Poem Prize winnersJohn Wall Barger and Délani Valin sharing their secrets on writing the top poems in this year's contest. We're also featuring a special interview with Spring issue contributor Mehdi M. Kashani on his fiction piece, "Dayi." And don't forget about our call for submissions to the special Victoria Issue!

November 2016 Special P. K. Page celebratory reading event held at the University of Victoria on November 23. Interviews with Autumn issue contributors Weyman Chan (poetry) and Jacqueline Baker (fiction). Upcoming contests include our Long Poem Prize (deadline February 1), with a prize of $2000 between two winners. Subscription deals still on offer include $12 student subscription, and $20 digital subscription.

October 2016 Interview with Autumn Issue #196 poetry contributor Erin Kirsh. Publishing Tip from Phoebe Wang on pitching work to publishers. Spotlight book review of Richard Kelly Kemick's Caribou Run. Special digital edition of the Malahat now available as subscriptions, single issues, or print/digital bundle packages.

June 2016 Interviews with Sylvia Legris, poetry contributor to the Spring issue, and with Richard Van Camp, fiction guest editor for the Indigenous Perspectives issue. Victoria writer Julie Paul shares her Publishing Tip on finding the perfect writing retreat (and how to get the most out of it). And calls for submissions to the Indigenous Perspectives issue (deadline August 15) and the CNF Contest (deadline August 1).

November 2015 Interviews with Autumn Issue 192 contributors Dan Siney on his cover art work, and Joshua James Edgar on his short fiction piece, "Jane Doe." Publishing Tip from local Victoria writer Kari Jones on how to find the right publisher for you. And entries are now being accepted for the biennial Novella Prize! Send a big story (10,000 - 20,000 words) for a chance at big money ($1500).

September 2015 Interviews with Open Season Award judges Russell Thornton (poetry), Kathy Page (fiction), and Fiona Tinwei Lam (creative nonfiction, pictured); and with Mark Rogers, this year's Far Horizons contest winner for Fiction. Shout out to K'ari Fisher on being nominated for a Journey Prize with her story, "Mercy Beatrice Wrestles the Noose." Publishing tip from Shane Neilson, Our Back Pages from 1981, and more.

August 2015 Interviews with John Goldbach and Sarah de Leeuw, contributors to Issue 191, the summer issue; Long Poem Symposium papers from The League of Canadian Poets' annual conference, with presentations by Kate Braid, Cornelia Hoogland, and Sharon Thesen; call for entries to this year's Open Season Awards; Our Back Pages archive issue from 1891, and more.

November 2013 Interviews with a recent Friend, Nancy Davies, and with Issue 184 contributors Matt Rader and Concetta Principe. MalaPod podcast with Matt Rader by Malahat volunteer Stephanie Harrington. Q&A with The Bookshelf, a bookstore in Guelph, Ontario. Reviews of books by Daphne Marlatt and Lisa Moore. Invites to submit to our upcoming Novella Contest, and our At Home in Translation Issue.

October 2013 Interviews with Lisa Martin-Demoor, Carmelinda Scian and Susan Buis, winners of the 2013 Open Season Awards. Learn about Root Memory, an upcoming Malahat-sponsored panel at the 2013 Victoria Writers Festival. Read interviews with two Journey Prize-nominated contributors, Laura Legge and Naben Ruthnum.

September 2013 Interviews with Jeffery Donaldson, Yasuko Thanh and Mark Abley, this year's judges for the 2014 Open Season Awards. Read a story and interview with issue #183 contributor Armand Garnet Ruffo. Listen to a MalaPods podcast with VWF panelist Maleea Acker. Read an interview with our 2013 Far Horizons Award winner Kerry-Lee Powell.

August 2013 Read a story and interview with Stephen Marche, a MalaPods podcast with Friend of The MalahatBrent Schaus, a draw for a $25 Russell Books gift certificate, information on a Malahat-sponsored panel at the Victoria Writers' Festival, and our 2014 Open Season Awards.